A psychologist states that "viewing mental disorders on a continuum will have unexpected consequences in changing of what is deemed normal to pathological." This psychologist ____
a. is arguing for abandoning all assessment methods
b. tends to ignore the situational causes of mental disorders
c. favors using a categorical system
d. favors a behavioral classification scheme
c
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Most of the foundational knowledge about child development originates with __________.
A. health care professionals B. psychologists and researchers C. educators D. attorneys
In order to rank group members in relationship to the number of other members of groups of arbitrary size, you would use the a. class interval
b. simple rank. c. percentile rank. d. mean.
All of the following people were unsuccessful in getting a job after undergoing three interviews. Which person's thinking illustrates the depressive attributional style?
a. Esther: "I may be terrible at job interviews, but the rest of my skills are exceptionally strong." b. Theresa: "I am always incompetent—in job interviews and everything else." c. Anthony: "I didn't get a job because of a bad streak of luck, and luck is always ripe for changing." d. Paul: "I didn't try my hardest; if I work at it, I can get a job."
According to Gordon Allport, central traits are:
a. personality traits that dominate an individual's life b. less obvious personality traits that do not always appear in an individual's behavior c. a small set of descriptive traits that can be used to accurately describe an individual d. three basic personality factors that exist in all individuals